The 2024 Michelin Pilot Challenge will be the twenty-fifth season of the IMSA SportsCar Challenge and the eleventh season organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The season will begin on January 26 at Daytona International Speedway and will conclude on October 11 at Road Atlanta. It will also feature a round of the TCR World Tour. [1]
The provisional 2024 calendar was released on August 4, 2023, featuring ten rounds. [2]
Round | Race | Circuit | Location | Date | Duration |
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1 | BMW M Endurance Challenge at Daytona | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona Beach, Florida | January 25–26 | 4 Hours |
2 | Alan Jay Automotive Network 120 | Sebring International Raceway | Sebring, Florida | March 13–15 | 2 Hours |
3 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 120 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | Monterey, California | May 10–12 | 2 Hours |
4 | O’Reilly Auto Parts Four Hours of Mid-Ohio | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | June 7–9 | 4 Hours |
5 | Watkins Glen International 120 | Watkins Glen International | Watkins Glen, New York | June 27–29 | 2 Hours |
6 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 120 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park | Bowmanville, Ontario | July 12–14 | 2 Hours |
7 | Road America 120 | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | August 2–4 | 2 Hours |
8 | Virginia Is Racing for Lovers Grand Prix | Virginia International Raceway | Alton, Virginia | August 23–25 | 2 Hours |
9 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway 120 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | September 20–21 | 2 Hours |
10 | Fox Factory 120 | Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta | Braselton, Georgia | October 9–11 | 2 Hours |
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Bold indicates overall winner.
Round | Circuit | GS Winning Car | TCR Winning Car |
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GS Winning Drivers | TCR Winning Drivers | ||
1 | Daytona | #91 Kellymoss with Riley | #17 Unitronic/JDC-Miller MotorSports |
Riley Dickinson Brady Golan Michael McCarthy | Chris Miller Mikey Taylor | ||
2 | Sebring | #71 Rebel Rock Racing | #17 Unitronic/JDC-Miller MotorSports |
Robin Liddell Frank DePew | Chris Miller Mikey Taylor | ||
3 | Laguna Seca | #69 Motorsport in Action | #17 Unitronic/JDC-Miller MotorSports |
Jesse Lazare Michael de Quesada | Chris Miller Mikey Taylor | ||
4 | Mid-Ohio | #88 Archangel Motorsports | #76 Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian |
Todd Coleman Aaron Telitz | Preston Brown Denis Dupont | ||
5 | Watkins Glen | #46 Team TGM | #17 Unitronic/JDC-Miller MotorSports |
Matt Plumb Paul Holton | Chris Miller Mikey Taylor | ||
6 | Mosport | #28 RennSport1 | #33 Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian |
Trent Hindman Stevan McAleer | Harry Gottsacker Robert Wickens | ||
7 | Road America | #28 RennSport1 | #5 KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering |
Trent Hindman Stevan McAleer | Tim Lewis Jr. William Tally | ||
8 | Virginia | #38 BGB Motorsports | #93 Montreal Motorsport Group |
Thomas Collingwood Spencer Pumpelly | Karl Wittmer Daijiro Yoshihara | ||
9 | Indianapolis | ||
10 | Road Atlanta | ||
Championship points are awarded in each class at the finish of each event. Points are awarded based on finishing positions in the race as shown in the chart below. [41]
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30+ |
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Race | 350 | 320 | 300 | 280 | 260 | 250 | 240 | 230 | 220 | 210 | 200 | 190 | 180 | 170 | 160 | 150 | 140 | 130 | 120 | 110 | 100 | 90 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 |
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Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap |
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Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap |
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